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m. 17 Nov 1788 - Harriet Atwood1793 - 1812
- John Mulliken Atwood1795 - 1873
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Deceased during the academical year ending June, 1873 ... [1] , in Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College.
1814.
JOHN MULLIKEN ATWOOD, the eldest son of Moses and Mary
(Tenney) Atwood, was born in Haverhill, Mass, Aug. 4th, 1795.
One of his sisters was the well-known missionary, Harriet
Newell
He studied law one year in Haverhill, but then decided on a
mercantile life. After a single year's clerkship in Boston, he established
himself in Philadelphia, in 1816, in partnership with a
relative, and the firms of " Atwood & Co.," and " Atwood, White
& Co.," are names honored in Philadelphia and among Western
merchants. He withdrew from business in 1864.
He gave to public interests much of his time, and was connected
"with many beneficent efforts. He was one of the formers of the
American Sunday School Union, and on its committee of publication
for more than forty years. He was one of the founders, and
for fifteen years the president of the Merchants' Fund, a noble
charity for the relief of decayed merchants.
He died suddenly in Hartford, Conn., May 29th, 1873, at the
house of his son-in-law. His wife, a Miss Coffin, of Gloucester,
Mass., died many years before him.
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
6:623.
JOHN MULLIKEN ATWOOD, the eldest son of Moses Atwood, an extensive merchant of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Chresdee) Atwood, of Bradford, now Haverhill, was born on August 4, 1795. His mother was Mary (or Molly), youngest. daughter of Deacon Thomas and Hannah (Stickney) Tenney, of Bradford, now Groveland. His father died in May, 1808. One of his sisters was Harriet Newell, the well-known missionary; of the others, one married the Rev. John B. Warren (Brown Univ. 1815), another married the Rev. James Bates (Dartmouth Coll. 1822), and a third married the Rev. Aaron Warner (Williams Coll. 1815). A brother was graduated here in 1821.
He studied law for one year in Haverhill, but then decided on a mercantile life. After a year's clerkship in Boston, he established himself in 1816 in Philadelphia, in partnership with a relative; and the firms of Atwood & Co., and Atwood, White & Co., became honored names in that city and among Western merchants. He withdrew from business in 1864, and died suddenly while on a visit at the house of his daughter, in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 29, 1873, in his 78th year.
He married on December 23, 1819, Henrietta Maria, daughter of Dr. William and Mary (Langdon) Coffin, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who died on January 22, 1852, in her 54th year. Their children were three daughters and two sons; Atwood Collins (Yale 1873) is a grandson.
Mr. Atwood gave much of his time to public interests, and his name was connected with many efforts for the advancement of religion, knowledge, and charity. He was one of the founders of the American Sunday School Union, and on its committee of publication for over forty years. He had a fine literary taste, wide knowledge, and the pen of a ready writer. He was one of the founders, and for fifteen years President of the Merchants’ Fund, a charity for relieving decayed merchants. As a man he was greatly beloved.
AUTHORITIES.
Atwood Family, 1888, 27. Haver- Family, 80. hill Vital Records, i, 15. Tenney
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